i need information about uluru?

Question

i need information about uluru for my homework as a project

Answer 1

Uluru is a sacred site of the Aboriginal people and although it was once incorrectly known as Ayers Rock it has always been known as Uluru by the Pitjantjarra people and their near neighbours to whom the site is sacred.
from this website:
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/australi/park/no_uluru.htm

QuickFacts
Location: Northern Territory, 450 km/280 miles south-west of Alice Springs
World Heritage Criteria: Natural
Best Time to Go: March to November
Area: 132,566 hectares (327,400 acres)


and from this site:
http://www.deh.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/uluru/

Inscribed 1987
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in two stages, initially for its outstanding universal natural values and then for its outstanding universal cultural values:

Natural
as an example of on-going geological processes; and
as an example of exceptional natural beauty and combination of natural and cultural elements.
Cultural
as an outstanding example of traditional human land use; and
being directly associated with living traditions and beliefs of outstanding universal significance.

Answer 2

Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Yulara.
The greatest tourist attraction in the Northern Territory. An awesome sight particularly at both sunrise and sunset.
There is something totally awe-inspiring about Uluru. There it sits in the centre of Australia. A huge monolith, 862.5 metres above sea level, 1395 km south of Darwin and 465 km south west of Alice Springs, rising out of the desert. No wonder the local Aborigines regarded it as a sacred site. The average white Australian, clinging to the shores of this vast continent, also regards 'the greatest stone on earth' as something very special.

Uluru rises 348 metres above the surrounding countryside, has an area of 3.33 sq. km and a circumference of 9.4 km. It experiences an average of 200-250 mm of rainfall per annum and a typical desert temperature range which can fall to -8°C at night-time in winter and rise to 47°C during the day in summer.

Ayers Rock was created a national park in 1950. In 1957 Bill Harney came to the area and in 1958, when the rock was combined with the Olgas to form the Ayers Rock National Park, he was appointed the first official curator. In 1959 a motel lease was granted near the rock and soon after an airstrip was built. In 1976 the Commonwealth Government set up the lease at Yulara and in 1983-84 the old tourist locations near the rock were closed down. In 1985 the title to the rock was handed back to the traditional owners who, in turn, granted the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service a 99 year lease on the park. Today over 30 local Aborigines work in the park and the Board of Management is dominated by the traditional owners.

Answer 3

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, in the Northern Territory. It is located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, 440 km southwest of Alice Springs at 25°20′41″S, 131°01′57″E. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, and has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.

for further reading....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru

Answer 4

Do a search. Uluru is the Aboriginal name, but is still known as some as Ayres Rock

Answer 5

It was previously known as Ayres Rock (i think that's how it's spelt). try a search on that in google or yahoo. Or search for Uluru there as well, there will be plenty of info on the net. Just search for it.

Answer 6

its a big rock in the middle of the aussie outback

http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/uluru/

Answer 7

search in the net

Answer 8

Try this.